Chemical Warfare Service laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal, Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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United States USA Date:1944Duration:2 min 5 secSound:Yes

A film based on chemical warfare tests in the United States. Shows usage of poison gas on the Allies by the Germans in France during World War I. Casualties of chemical warfare being evacuated. The U.S. Capitol Building and the Washington Monument in Washington DC. Brief aerial view of White House. Establishment of U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service on July 1st , 1920 shows a sign which reads 'Office of the CHIEF Chemical Warfare Service'. Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service Major General William N. Porter at his desk. Various processes carried out by the Chemical Warfare Service. The Edgewood Arsenal Laboratories in Baltimore. Samples of gas are analyzed by technicians. Chemical warfare laboratories at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.